Mock Oyster Pudding Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Sauté celery, onion, and mushrooms in butter for five minutes on medium heat.
• 2. Lower heat and add remaining ingredients. Simmer gently, stirring until mixture is smooth.
• 3. Serving Suggestions: Serve as a hot dip with butter crackers. Fill miniature pastry/patty shells with mixture and bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes.

Steps:

• 1. Saute onion in butter and then add other ingredients.
• 2. Cook on medium heat for 15 minutes.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, toss the cracker crumbs and butter. In another bowl, combine the salt, nutmeg and pepper. In a greased 11x7-in. baking dish, layer half of the crumbs, half of the oysters and 1/4 teaspoon of seasoning mixture., Combine soup and milk; pour over the top. Layer with remaining oysters and another 1/4 teaspoon of seasoning mixture. Top with remaining crumbs and seasonings. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

Steps:

• Soak the eggplant about 8 hours in salted water.
• Remove eggplant pieces from the water in which they have soaked.
• In cooking pot, cover eggplant with fresh, slightly salted water and cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes or until eggplant is tender.
• Drain in colander.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line bottom of 2-quart casserole with 1/3 of the saltine cracker crumbs.
• Cover with 2 cups of eggplant.
• Season with half the salt and pepper.
• Cut half the butter into small pieces and sprinkle on top.
• Cover this with half of the remaining saltine cracker crumbs.
• Add remaining 2 cups of eggplant.
• Season with remaining salt and pepper.
• Cover top with remaining saltine cracker crumbs.
• Cut remaining butter into small pieces and sprinkle on top.
• Pour in enough half & half to cover (may not take entire pint).
• Bake for 1 hour or until top layer is brown.

Steps:

• Rinse roes well and soak for 3 hours. Drain and chop fine.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix chopped roes with 2/3 cup bread crumbs, half and half, melted butter and eggs. Season with sugar and nutmeg.
• Grease baking dish with 4 tablespoons butter and press 1/2 cup fresh bread crumbs into butter. Pour in roe mixture and bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until center is nicely puffed.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by 13-inch baking dish.
• Crumble cornbread into a large bowl. Tear toasted white or wheat bread into very small pieces, add to cornbread, and toss to combine
• Melt 8 tablespoons butter in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Add onion, celery and bell pepper; sauté, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes. Cover pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are almost translucent, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove cover, add broth, and cook, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan, for 2 to 3 minutes. Continue to cook mixture for 1 more minute, then remove from heat, add to bread mixture, and stir to combine.
• In a medium bowl, stir together oysters, lemon juice, hot sauce, parsley, sage, salt and white pepper. Add to bread mixture and stir well to combine. If dressing seems too dry, add a little oyster liquor and up to 1/2 cup more chicken broth; mixture should be very moist.
• Pour dressing into greased baking dish. Cut remaining 4 tablespoons butter into small pieces and scatter over top of dressing. Bake until top and sides are browned, 40 to 45 minutes.

Steps:

• Saute onion in butter and then add other ingredients.
• Cook on medium heat for 15 minutes until thoroughly heated.
• Serve warm with crackers or over baked potato.

Steps:

• Saute onions and garlic in butter until tender.
• Add mushrooms, soup and Tabasco sauce, salt & pepper to taste. Mix well.
• Add cooked broccoli and cheese. Mix well.
• Cook for about 5 minutes over low heat.
• Serve in chafing dish with Ritz Crackers.